Commonweal week by week THE DEFINITION OF PEACE T HE unanswerable question this week is whether peace means peace or peace means war. There are good reasons for each definition....
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An American In Asia "EVERY AMERICAN IN INDIA WHO HAS MADE A GENUINE EFFORT TO KNOW THE INDIAN PEOPLE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAS BEEN RICHLY REWARDED." CHESTER BOWLES ~ this is written, some seven...
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We must remember, however, that in Asia today, as in 1776 in America, many of these are frankly revolutionary concepts. For though Asia has accepted political democracy, it is still far from...
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this May gains more than fifty per cent of all votes. The law automatically gives the winners a safe majority of sixty-five per cent in the parliament. In practice, this means that the...
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THE SCREEN WHAT ARE THE LITTLE FILMS SAYING? I T is very often the minor movies, the most unpretentious films, that are the most stimulating. "Bright Road," one of the newest of these,...
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COMMUNICATIONS THE LATTIMORE CASE Chicago, Ill. T O the Editors: The Commonweal's statement that if Owen Lattimore is guilty of espionage and conspiracy he should be convicted on that score,...
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extreme. Competition between truth and untruth is absolutely essential for self-government, for when dissent is forbidden truth becomes unrecognizable. Admittedly, such a course is dangerous,...
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BOOKS Surface and Substance in a Major Talent NfNE STORIES. By J. D. Sal[nger. L~ffle, Brown. ~3. By SEYMOUR KRIM J D. Salinger, author of Catcher _9 in the Rye, is probably the freshest new...
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